Why Intelligent People Are No Longer ‘Nice’ to Stupid People
2nd August 2026
If correcting nonsense costs you 10x the energy of the person producing it, and low-quality interaction measurably reduces your well-being, what does a rational actor do? They stop. Not because they’re mean, but because they do that math that you haven’t done yet.
Nothing personal—it’s just business; I always liked him.
“You cain’t fix stupid.” —Ron White